SPACE.com — Merging Man and Machine to Reach the Stars

2 04 2008

 

Robots and humans always seem to end up at odds, whether it’s battling over pieces of NASA’s budget or literally fighting in science fiction stories such as “The Matrix” and “Battlestar Galactica.”

Now a former NASA historian and an American University professor suggest that the future of space exploration could very well depend on a merging of metal and flesh.

Their new book “Robots in Space” (2008, The Johns Hopkins University Press) looks at the competing visions for robotic vs. human space exploration, and concludes that neither will get far beyond the solar system without one another.

SPACE.com — Merging Man and Machine to Reach the Stars


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3 04 2008
Jake

You never mentioned Star Trek “Shame on you”

19 06 2008
Dubnium

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Dubnium.

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